Window bracket



July 14, 1931. v EVANS a 1, 14,793

WINDOW BRACKET Filed Jan. 18, 1929 INVENfOR WITNESS! m y g Patented July 14, 1931 UNITED STATES CHARLES V. EVANS, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA WINDOW BRACKET Application filed January 18, 1929.

This invention relates to curtain brackets or the like, and is particularly adapted for use on window frames without necessitating that the frames on which they are secured be e perforated or marred in any other manner.

It is among the objects of this invention to provide a supporting bracket of the above designated character which shall be of simple, compact and durable mechanical construction, which shall be adapted for attachment in a simple and expedient manner and which shall be provided with adjustable fastening means for securing roller shades in conjunction with the curtain rod supports.

These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent from a consideration of the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate like parts, and in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a curtain bracket support, illustrating the manner of its attachment to a window frame; Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof; Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation and Figs. 1, 5 and 6 are side, top and end elevational views of the roller shade bracket and the manner of its attachment to the curtain bracket support.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, the structure therein illustrated comprises a sheet metal strap 1, havmg spaced apart anchorages generally designated at 2, which comprises the bent-over cleats 3 having screw threaded perforations for receiving screw members 4 by means of which they are drawn in clamping engagement to clasp the upper edge of a "window frame 5 illustrated in dotted lines.

On one end of the strap 1 adjacent its anchorage or clamping portion are one or more hook elements 6 for receiving the ends of curtain rods of a well known make which form no part of the present invention.

Mounted on the extended portion 1 of the strap and adapted to slide thereon is a triangular shaped bracket 7 having bentover portions 8 as shown in Fig. 4, by means of which they are assembled to slide freely on the flat portion of the strap 1.

Secured to the projecting leg of the bracket 7 is a roller shade bracket 9 which is pivotally Serial No. 333,320.

connected to the member 7 at 10, the member 9 being provided with a perforation 11 or a slotted opening as the case may be, and which is customary in roller blindbrackets.

The member 9 is provided with a camshaped end or sliding abutment 12 having a substantially flat face 13 which is adapted to intimately engage the flat side of the strap 1 when the bracket 9 is in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, and in this position the memher 7 is intimately secured with the strap 1 against lateral movement thereon.

The sliding abutment 12 of the roller bracket is designed to engage the face of the slide strap or guide when pressure is brought to bear downwardly on the roller bracket, this being the direction in which the bracket is naturally weighted by the roller blind. When it is desired to adjust the position of the roller brackets 9 they are simply pivoted in an upward direction, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, to break contact with the guide 1. In this position the angle brackets 7 are freely slidable on their support, and adjustment maybe effected in an expedient manner.

It is evident that by means of the clamping elements employed for fastening the strap, they can be securely fastened to the upper ledge of the window frame without marring or perforating the wood structure, and by 9 providing for anchorage in spaced apart relation as herein illustrated the stresses and forces normal to the uses of the device are distributed in such a manner as to prevent 1005- v ening of the brackets.

The combined curtain and roller shade brackets are of very simple construction and relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and because of their simplicity are readily attached in their proper place.

Although one embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the q details of construction without departing from the principles of my invention, herein set forth.

I claim herein as my invention:

A combined curtain bracketand roller shade support comprising a strap having curtain rod attachments formed integrally therewith and having an offset portion forming a looped projection and adapted for engagement with a Window frame, a clamping member of the shape of said ofiset portion adapted for engagement with the Window frame in alinement with the offset portion of said strap, a screw for fastening said members, and a roller shade bracket adjustably mounted on said strap.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of January, 1929, at Pittsburgh, Pa.

CHARLES V. EVANS. 

